Yalman Onaran

Yalman Onaran

Yalman Onaran was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He came to the United States for college and realized it was home just as well. After finishing the College of Wooster in Ohio and Columbia University’s School of Journalism and School of International & Public Affairs, Onaran started working as a reporter. He found himself on war zones first, ducking bullets and shrapnel. The switch to financial journalism was coincidental, but it sucked him in when he realized the powerful leaders of the business world had to be held to account for their actions just as much as the politicians of the world. Onaran has been working for Bloomberg News since 1998 in many capacities, among those Istanbul bureau chief and magazine writer. He was the finance reporter responsible for the coverage of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns when the financial crisis hit. He’s currently a senior writer focusing on global and national banking issues and lives in New Jersey.